<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624</id><updated>2012-01-03T05:29:32.324-05:00</updated><category term='Peru'/><category term='herpetology'/><category term='new species'/><category term='new genera'/><category term='invasive species'/><category term='Centrolene'/><category term='Nymphargus; Nymphargus laurae'/><category term='Rhinella marina'/><category term='anuran'/><category term='Ecuador'/><category term='Pastaza'/><category term='Rhaebo guttatus'/><category term='Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae; Centrolene condor sp. nov.'/><category term='Oglan River'/><category term='Cordillera del Cóndor; Ecuador'/><category term='Neotropics'/><category term='Centrolenidae'/><category term='Andes'/><category term='Mazan'/><category term='Osornophryne puruanta'/><category term='phylogeny'/><category term='Cochranella'/><category term='diagnostic characters'/><category term='synonyms; Centrolene'/><category term='locomotion'/><category term='West Ecuadorian region'/><category term='ecology'/><category term='taxonomy'/><category term='cryptic species'/><category term='synonymy'/><category term='Amazonian'/><category term='amphibian'/><category term='conservation'/><category term='colonization'/><category term='declines'/><category term='spondylitis'/><category term='Cochranella erminea new species glassfrog diversity'/><category term='Strabomantidae'/><category term='new species; morphology'/><category term='Hyalinobatrachium ruedai'/><category term='systematics'/><category term='Cochranella amelie'/><category term='Noblella coloma'/><category term='Province of El Oro'/><category term='Azuay'/><category term='Ecuador.'/><category term='variation'/><category term='Hyalinobatrachium'/><category term='Anura'/><category term='biodiversity'/><category term='Amphibia'/><category term='ethology'/><category term='Reptilia'/><category term='Pristimantis'/><category term='Amazonian Andean foothills'/><category term='distribution'/><category term='Guianas'/><title type='text'>Biodiversity News</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-7962627839381452396</id><published>2009-08-13T21:33:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T21:38:28.548-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ecological Harm in Hawaii: Invasive Wasps with New Life Histories disrupt native Hawaiian wildlife</title><summary type='text'>ScienceDaily (2009-08-14) -- A switch from annual to multiyear colonies and a willingness to feed just about any prey to their young have allowed invasive yellowjacket wasps to disrupt native populations of insects and spiders on two Hawaiian islands, a new study has found."They're consuming anything from geckos to shearwater to tree lice to more juicy items that you would expect them to eat, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7962627839381452396/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=7962627839381452396' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7962627839381452396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7962627839381452396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/08/ecological-harm-in-hawaii-invasive.html' title='Ecological Harm in Hawaii: Invasive Wasps with New Life Histories disrupt native Hawaiian wildlife'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-3858489518109897226</id><published>2009-07-27T11:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T11:08:51.652-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Noblella coloma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strabomantidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><title type='text'>Noblella coloma sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the western slopes of the Andes of EcuadorAbstract.-- We describe a new species of Noblella from the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new taxon is distinguished from all other species in the genus by lacking dorsal marks (i.e., interobital bar, scapular and sacral chevrons) and by having a bright orange venter. The new species </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/3858489518109897226/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=3858489518109897226' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/3858489518109897226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/3858489518109897226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/noblella-coloma-sp-nov.html' title='Noblella coloma sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-638780917547367982</id><published>2009-07-27T11:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T11:05:57.426-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phylogeny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new genera'/><title type='text'>New Taxonomy Centrolenidae</title><summary type='text'>Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveniAbstract.-- Based on a molecular phylogeny, a new phylogenetic taxonomy that is compatible with both the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) and the PhyloCode is proposed for Glassfrogs and their sister taxon, Allophryne ruthveni. The arrangement presented herein emphasizes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/638780917547367982/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=638780917547367982' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/638780917547367982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/638780917547367982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-taxonomy-centrolenidae.html' title='New Taxonomy Centrolenidae'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-3530251265289043175</id><published>2009-07-27T10:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T11:01:18.398-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phylogeny'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Phylogenetic relationships of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genesAbstract.-- Glassfrogs (family Centrolenidae) represent an exceptionally diverse group among Neotropical anurans, but their evolutionary relationships never have been assessed from a molecular perspective. Mitochondrial and nuclear markers were used to develop a novel hypothesis of centrolenid </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/3530251265289043175/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=3530251265289043175' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/3530251265289043175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/3530251265289043175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/phylogenetic-relationships-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6984525492197345994</id><published>2009-07-27T10:57:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T10:59:28.445-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pristimantis'/><title type='text'>Pristimantis andinognomus sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A Minute New Ecuadorian Andean Frog (Anura: Strabomantidae, Pristimantis)Abstract.-- We describe a new species of Pristimantis from a cloud forest at 2450–2800 m in the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador (Zamora Chinchipe). The new species has a maximum snout–vent length of 17.9 mm (average SVL of 21 males = 12.3 mm ± 1.2, and of 19 females = 15.9 mm ± 1.3). This new species is the second </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6984525492197345994/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6984525492197345994' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6984525492197345994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6984525492197345994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/pristimantis-andinognomus-sp-nov.html' title='Pristimantis andinognomus sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-2013968222966048273</id><published>2009-07-27T10:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T10:57:05.235-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peru'/><title type='text'>Cochranella mcdiarmidi sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A New Species of Glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Foothill Andean Forests of Ecuador and PeruAbstract.-- We describe a new species of glassfrog assigned to the genus Cochranella (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) from the Foothill Evergreen forests on the southeastern Andean slopes of Ecuador and northeastern Andean slopes of Peru. The new species is characterized by its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/2013968222966048273/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=2013968222966048273' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/2013968222966048273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/2013968222966048273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/cochranella-mcdiarmidi-sp-nov.html' title='Cochranella mcdiarmidi sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-603485677189535666</id><published>2009-07-27T10:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T10:52:43.540-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazonian Amphibian Diversity</title><summary type='text'>Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean LineagesAbstract.-- The Neotropics contains half of remaining rainforests and Earth's largest reservoir of amphibian biodiversity. However, determinants of Neotropical biodiversity (i.e., vicariance, dispersals, extinctions, and radiations) earlier than the Quaternary are largely unstudied. Using a novel method of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/603485677189535666/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=603485677189535666' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/603485677189535666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/603485677189535666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/amazonian-amphibian-diversity.html' title='Amazonian Amphibian Diversity'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-517428288132034205</id><published>2009-07-27T10:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T10:40:45.835-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Enyalioides touzeti sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern EcuadorAbstract.-- We describe a new species of Enyalioides from lowland cloud forests in southwestern Ecuador. This represents the third species in the genus known to occur west of the Andes in South America; the other two species are E. heterolepis and E. oshaughnessyi. Among other characters, the new species can be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/517428288132034205/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=517428288132034205' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/517428288132034205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/517428288132034205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2009/07/enyalioides-touzeti-sp-nov.html' title='Enyalioides touzeti sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-64740030791259887</id><published>2008-07-23T01:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T01:47:42.076-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae; Centrolene condor sp. nov.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='systematics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cordillera del Cóndor; Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species; morphology'/><title type='text'>Centrolene condor sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A new species of glassfrog from the elfin forests of the Cordillera del Cóndor, southeastern Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae)Abstract.-- We describe a new species of glassfrog of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) that inhabits the elfin forests of the Cordillera del Cóndor, an isolated mountain chain separated from the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/64740030791259887/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=64740030791259887' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/64740030791259887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/64740030791259887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/07/centrolene-condor-sp-nov.html' title='Centrolene condor sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-1683666478622548362</id><published>2008-07-23T01:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T01:45:32.604-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Synonymy petersi ametarsia</title><summary type='text'>Taxonomic identity of Cochranella petersi Goin, 1961and Centrolenella ametarsia Flores, 1987Abstract.-- We assess the taxonomic status of Hyalinobatrachium petersi and Cochranella ametarsia based on the examination of type material and recently collected specimens. We conclude that the material assigned to them is morphologically undistinguishable from two previously described species (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/1683666478622548362/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=1683666478622548362' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/1683666478622548362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/1683666478622548362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/07/synonymy-petersi-ametarsia_23.html' title='Synonymy petersi ametarsia'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6747203343582563377</id><published>2008-07-23T01:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T01:45:46.288-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cochranella mache</title><summary type='text'>Natural history and intraspecific variation of the Ecuadorian Blue Glassfrog Cochranella mache Guayasamin &amp; Bonaccorso, 2004Abstract.-- We present new information on the natural history and intraspecific variation of Cochranella mache GUAYASAMIN &amp; BONACCORSO, 2004. It is a nocturnal species associated with small streams across primary and old secondary forests in the Cordillera Mache-Chindul, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6747203343582563377/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6747203343582563377' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6747203343582563377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6747203343582563377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/07/cochranella-mache.html' title='Cochranella mache'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-7582889895401309025</id><published>2008-07-23T00:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T01:13:04.071-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Osornophryne puruanta'/><title type='text'>Osornophryne puruanta</title><summary type='text'>A new species of Osornophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Andean highlands of northern EcuadorAbstract.-- Gleusenkamp &amp; Guayasamin (2008)  described a new species of the genus Osornophryne from the vicinities of Laguna de Puruanta and Laguna de San Marcos in the Andean highlands of northeastern Ecuador. The new species is the largest known member of the genus (female snout-vent length = 40.5–47.1</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7582889895401309025/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=7582889895401309025' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7582889895401309025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7582889895401309025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/07/osornophryne-puruanta.html' title='Osornophryne puruanta'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-7834947894920391008</id><published>2008-07-23T00:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T00:56:47.240-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mazan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Azuay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pristimantis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Andes'/><title type='text'>Pristimantis gagliardoi</title><summary type='text'>A new frog species (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) from the High Andes of Southeastern EcuadorAbstract.-- Bustamante &amp; Mendelson (2008) described Pristimantis gagliardoi, a new medium sized (SVL 19.06–33.64 mm) Pristimantis species from the Andean forests of southeastern Ecuador. This species was referred to the P. unistrigatus group. It differs from other members in the unistrigatus group by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7834947894920391008/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=7834947894920391008' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7834947894920391008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7834947894920391008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/07/pristimantis-gagliardoi.html' title='Pristimantis gagliardoi'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6109746986042533418</id><published>2008-04-25T07:48:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T08:19:52.239-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phylogeny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reptilia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ethology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='declines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='herpetology'/><title type='text'>COPEIA articles</title><summary type='text'>Secondary Homonymy of Bufo proboscideus Spix, 1824, with Phryniscus proboscideus Boulenger, 1882Abstract.-- Chaparro et al. (2007) placed Rhamphophryne Trueb, 1971 into the synonymy of Rhinella Fitzinger, 1826. This resulted in Bufo (Oxyrhynchus) proboscideus Spix, 1824 (formerly Rhinella proboscidea) and Phryniscus proboscideus Boulenger, 1882 (formerly Rhamphophryne proboscidea) rendered as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6109746986042533418/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6109746986042533418' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6109746986042533418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6109746986042533418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2008/04/copeia-articles.html' title='COPEIA articles'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6608801922127389672</id><published>2007-11-06T17:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T17:59:03.591-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='synonymy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Neotropics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rhaebo guttatus'/><title type='text'>Bufo anderssoni synonym of Rhaebo guttatus</title><summary type='text'>The taxonomic status of Rhaebo anderssoni (Melin, 1941) (Anura: Bufonidae)Abstract.-- Bufo anderssoni Melin, 1941 is synonymised with Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799) based on direct comparison of the holotypes of both and fresh material. All characters of the former fall within the intraspecific variation of R. guttatus. The few characters used in the original description to distinguish </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6608801922127389672/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6608801922127389672' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6608801922127389672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6608801922127389672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/11/bufo-anderssoni-synonym-of-rhaebo.html' title='Bufo anderssoni synonym of Rhaebo guttatus'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-192062589802627885</id><published>2007-11-06T17:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T18:00:13.451-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='locomotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colonization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anuran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spondylitis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='invasive species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rhinella marina'/><title type='text'>Stress in Invasive Cane Toads</title><summary type='text'>Invasion, stress, and spinal arthritis in cane toadsAbstract.-- The impact of invasive species on biodiversity has attracted considerable study, but impacts of the invasion process on the invaders themselves remain less clear. Invading species encounter conditions different from those in their ancestral habitats and are subject to intense selection for rapid dispersal. The end result may be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/192062589802627885/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=192062589802627885' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/192062589802627885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/192062589802627885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/11/stress-in-invasive-cane-toads.html' title='Stress in Invasive Cane Toads'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-879452981978565763</id><published>2007-11-04T06:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-04T07:03:06.936-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guianas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cryptic species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amphibian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amazonian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biodiversity'/><title type='text'>Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs</title><summary type='text'>Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs Revealed by mtDNA AnalysesAbstract.-- Background. Amphibians are rapidly vanishing. At the same time, it is most likely that the number of amphibian species is highly underestimated. Recent DNA barcoding work has attempted to define a threshold between intra- and inter-specific genetic distances to help identify candidate species. In groups</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/879452981978565763/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=879452981978565763' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/879452981978565763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/879452981978565763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/11/underestimation-of-species-richness-in.html' title='Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-7353483544682171109</id><published>2007-10-09T08:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T08:13:28.925-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distribution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochranella erminea new species glassfrog diversity'/><title type='text'>Cochranella erminea sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>Cochranella erminea, a new species of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura) from Amazonian Peru)Abstract.--We describe a new species of Centrolenidae, Cochranella erminea n. sp., from the Amazonian lowlands of the department of Junín, Peru. This new species is diagnosed from other centrolenids by having vomerine teeth, bones green in life, parietal peritoneum and pericardium white, all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7353483544682171109/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=7353483544682171109' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7353483544682171109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7353483544682171109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/10/cochranella-erminea-sp-nov.html' title='Cochranella erminea sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-896805988951296894</id><published>2007-08-31T05:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T05:51:15.330-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochranella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='variation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hyalinobatrachium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='synonyms; Centrolene'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diagnostic characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nymphargus; Nymphargus laurae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><title type='text'>Nymphargus new genus</title><summary type='text'>Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogsAbstract.--Anurans of the family Centrolenidae are a diverse clade of arboreal frogs distributed across tropical America. Knowledge of their taxonomy, systematics, ecology, behavior, morphology, and other evolutionary aspects of their biology is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/896805988951296894/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=896805988951296894' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/896805988951296894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/896805988951296894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/08/nymphargus-new-genus.html' title='Nymphargus new genus'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-424971286485473610</id><published>2007-08-27T07:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T07:09:03.082-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolene'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='systematics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amazonian Andean foothills'/><title type='text'>Centrolene durrellorum sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A new species of glassfrog of the genus Centrolene from the foothills of Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae)Abstract.--A new species of frog of the family Centrolenidae is described from Ecuador, Centrolene durrellorum sp. nov. This new taxon is the first species of the genus Centrolene known to inhabit the central and southern foothills of the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/424971286485473610/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=424971286485473610' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/424971286485473610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/424971286485473610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/08/centrolene-durrellorum-sp-nov.html' title='Centrolene durrellorum sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6314246091644096641</id><published>2007-08-23T21:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-23T21:46:45.077-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochranella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='West Ecuadorian region'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Province of El Oro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><title type='text'>Cochranella buenaventura sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>A NEW SPECIES OF GLASSFROG (CENTROLENIDAE) FROM THE SOUTHERN ANDEAN FOOTHILLS ON THE WEST ECUADORIAN REGIONAbstract.--Cochranella buenaventura sp. nov. is described from the southern foothills of the Cordillera Occidental, Andes of Ecuador. The new species inhabits the Seasonal Foothill Evergreen forests of the province of El Oro, in the West Ecuadorian biogeographic region. This species is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6314246091644096641/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6314246091644096641' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6314246091644096641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6314246091644096641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/08/cochranella-buenaventura-sp-nov.html' title='Cochranella buenaventura sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6682435961933451570</id><published>2007-08-07T09:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T09:33:04.012-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Atractus modestus</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Rediscovery and redescription of the rare Andean snake Atractus modestusAbstract.--Atractus modestus was described based on a single specimen from western Ecuador, and since its original description there have been no further records for this species. During the examination of Ecuadorian collections, we found additional specimens of this poorly known snake. In </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6682435961933451570/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6682435961933451570' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6682435961933451570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6682435961933451570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/08/atractus-modestus.html' title='Atractus modestus'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-1699673105056511229</id><published>2007-08-07T02:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T03:00:50.470-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='variation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hyalinobatrachium ruedai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distribution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><title type='text'>Hyalinobatrachium ruedai</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Primer registro de Hyalinobatrachium ruedai en Ecuador con notas sobre otras especies congenericasResumen.--Reportamos el primer registro de Hyalinobatrachium ruedai para Ecuador, extendiendo su distribución desde Colombia hasta los flancos centrales de la Cordillera Oriental de Ecuador. El análisis del material adicional y de la serie tipo de H. ruedai nos </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/1699673105056511229/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=1699673105056511229' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/1699673105056511229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/1699673105056511229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/08/hyalinobatrachium-ruedai.html' title='Hyalinobatrachium ruedai'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-4224766061364008602</id><published>2007-05-29T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T19:16:12.429-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cochranella amelie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centrolenidae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pastaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amphibia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxonomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oglan River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new species'/><title type='text'>Cochranella amelie sp. nov.</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:An enigmatic new species of Glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of EcuadorAbstract.--We describe a new species of frog of the family Centrolenidae, Cochranella amelie n. sp., from the central Amazonian Andean slopes, collected at the Oglan River, Province of Pastaza, Ecuador. This new species shows a very unusual </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/4224766061364008602/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=4224766061364008602' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4224766061364008602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4224766061364008602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/05/cochranella-amelie-sp-nov.html' title='Cochranella amelie sp. nov.'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-4998612740100033086</id><published>2007-03-15T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T13:22:25.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Systematics Thecadactylus</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Systematics and biogeography of the widespread Neotropical gekkonid genus Thecadactylus (Squamata), with the description of a new cryptic speciesThecadactylus solimoensis sp. nov.Abstract: The systematics of the widespread neotropical gekkonid genus Thecadactylus is investigated using a combination of morphological, morphometric and mtDNA (cytochrome b) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/4998612740100033086/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=4998612740100033086' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4998612740100033086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4998612740100033086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/nueva-publicacion-new-publication.html' title='Systematics Thecadactylus'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-6059874705682202329</id><published>2007-03-05T12:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T12:28:47.621-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lampropeltis, Osteocephalus, Oxybelis, Xenoxybelis</title><summary type='text'>TRES NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES / THREE NEW PUBLICATIONS:On the distribution and conservation of Lampropeltis triangulum (LACÉPÈDE, 1789) in EcuadorEcuadorian distribution of snakes of the genera Oxybelis WAGLER, 1830 and Xenoxybelis MACHADO, 1993 Notes on some Osteocephalus treefrogs from Amazonian EcuadorResumen: Notas sobre la distribución, historia natural y conservación de serpientes de los </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6059874705682202329/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=6059874705682202329' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6059874705682202329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/6059874705682202329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/lampropeltis-osteocephalus-oxybelis.html' title='Lampropeltis, Osteocephalus, Oxybelis, Xenoxybelis'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-7765761853848482292</id><published>2007-03-05T12:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T12:21:27.418-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Phyllonastes Ecuador &amp; Peru</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:New records of Phyllonastes HEYER, 1977 from Ecuador and Peru.Resumen: Los primeros reportes de Phyllonastes myrmecoides de Ecuador y de Phyllonastes lochites de Peru, con algunos comentarios sobre la diversidad del género en ambos paises.Abstract: First reports of Phyllonastes myrmecoides from Ecuador and Phyllonastes lochites from Peru, with some comments on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7765761853848482292/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=7765761853848482292' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7765761853848482292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/7765761853848482292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/phyllonastes-ecuador-peru.html' title='Phyllonastes Ecuador &amp; Peru'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-4199643610608444951</id><published>2007-02-28T18:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T18:19:03.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tres Ranas de Cristal</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Centrolene balionotum, Centrolene geckoideum, and Cochranella cariticommata: Distribution extension, new provincial records, Ecuador.Abstract: New information on the distribution of three poorly-known species of Glassfrogs from Ecuador: Centrolene balionotum, Centrolene geckoideum, and Cochranella cariticommata.Resumen: Nueva </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/4199643610608444951/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=4199643610608444951' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4199643610608444951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/4199643610608444951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2007/02/tres-ranas-de-cristal.html' title='Tres Ranas de Cristal'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-116399986847851074</id><published>2006-11-20T00:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-20T00:17:48.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cochranella puyoensis: Taxonomy&amp;Conservation</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores &amp; McDiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae)The Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores &amp; McDiarmid is a taxon known only from the female holotype, and recently placed in the genus Centrolene due to its supposed close relationship with Centrolene mariae (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/116399986847851074/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=116399986847851074' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/116399986847851074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/116399986847851074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/11/cochranella-puyoensis.html' title='Cochranella puyoensis: Taxonomy&amp;Conservation'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-116292995292167335</id><published>2006-11-07T15:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T15:05:53.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Salamandras de Ecuador - Bolitoglossa</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa equatoriana and Bolitoglossa biseriata: range extensions, new provincial records from Ecuador, and natural historyAbstract: New information on the salamanders from Ecuador, including new provincial records for Bolitoglossa equatoriana, the second reports from Ecuador for Bolitoglossa biseriata, and notes on its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/116292995292167335/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=116292995292167335' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/116292995292167335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/116292995292167335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/11/salamandras-de-ecuador-bolitoglossa.html' title='Salamandras de Ecuador - Bolitoglossa'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115617985358937407</id><published>2006-08-21T12:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T12:05:34.286-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bothrocophias of Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Distribution and natural history of the Ecuadorian Toad-headed Pitvipers of the genus Bothrocophias (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)Abstract: Limited information is available for pitvipers of the genus Bothrocophias. This article presents information on the three species of Bothrocophias known to occur in Ecuador: Bothrocophias campbelli (FREIRE </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115617985358937407/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115617985358937407' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115617985358937407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115617985358937407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/08/bothrocophias-of-ecuador.html' title='Bothrocophias of Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115586037792665008</id><published>2006-08-17T19:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T19:19:38.316-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Phylogeny Dart-Poison Frogs</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF DART-POISON FROGS AND THEIR RELATIVES (AMPHIBIA: ATHESPHATANURA: DENDROBATIDAE)Cita / Citation: Grant, Taran, Frost, D.R., Caldwell, J.P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C.F.B, Kok, P.J.R., Means, D.B., Noonan, B.P., Schargel, W.E. &amp; Wheeler, W. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia, Athesphatanura</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115586037792665008/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115586037792665008' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115586037792665008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115586037792665008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/08/phylogeny-dart-poison-frogs.html' title='Phylogeny Dart-Poison Frogs'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115517722438508326</id><published>2006-08-09T21:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T21:33:44.776-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glassfrogs of Yanayacu</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador,  with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematicsAbstract: We describe Centrolene bacatum, C. buckleyi, Cochranella posadae, and a new species of Cochranella from Yanayacu Biological Station on the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. The new species differs </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115517722438508326/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115517722438508326' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115517722438508326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115517722438508326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/08/glassfrogs-of-yanayacu.html' title='Glassfrogs of Yanayacu'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115465323221005862</id><published>2006-08-03T19:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T20:00:32.693-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Eleutherodactylus skymainos Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Amphibia, Brachycephalidae, Eleutherodactylus skydmainos: First country record, EcuadorSe reporta el primer registro de la rana Eleutherodactylus skydmainos para Ecuador. Dos ejemplares colectados en la Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Amazonia de Ecuador, confirman este hallazgo. Este nuevo registro incrementa el numero de especies de Eleutherodactylus en </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115465323221005862/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115465323221005862' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115465323221005862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115465323221005862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/08/eleutherodactylus-skymainos-ecuador.html' title='Eleutherodactylus skymainos Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115411179848977634</id><published>2006-07-28T13:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-28T13:36:39.536-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Aves de Ecuador - Distribucion</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Información sobre la distribución de algunas especies de aves de EcuadorSe presenta información sobre nuevos registros, confirmaciones de la ampliación de rangos de distribución o movimientos altitudinales para 14 especies de aves de Ecuador: Cairina moschata, Netta erythrophthalma, Leucopternis semiplumbeus, Forpus coelestis, Crotophaga sulcirostris, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115411179848977634/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115411179848977634' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115411179848977634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115411179848977634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/07/aves-de-ecuador-distribucion.html' title='Aves de Ecuador - Distribucion'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115151323571818536</id><published>2006-06-28T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T11:47:16.820-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Leptodactylus Ecology and Ecuador Biogeography</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Distribution and Ecology of the Western Ecuador Frog Leptodactylus labrosus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)Leptodactylus labrosus is a terrestrial sit-and-wait predator; its diet includes ground-level, fossorial, and flying insects, and ants numerically predominate. Bothrops asper is recorded as a predator of L. labrosus. L. labrosus lives mainly in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115151323571818536/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115151323571818536' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115151323571818536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115151323571818536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/06/leptodactylus-ecology-and-ecuador.html' title='Leptodactylus Ecology and Ecuador Biogeography'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115136906923859879</id><published>2006-06-26T19:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T19:44:30.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Glassfrog species from Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:A new species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from Ecuador with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of GlassfrogsWe describe a new species of Glassfrog, Centrolene mariaelenae n. sp., from the Contrafuerte de Tzunantza, southeastern Ecuador. The new species is assigned to the Centrolene gorzulai species group, a clade previously </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115136906923859879/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115136906923859879' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115136906923859879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115136906923859879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/06/new-glassfrog-species-from-ecuador.html' title='New Glassfrog species from Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115116398967896615</id><published>2006-06-24T10:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T23:59:17.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Breeding notes birds Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Notes on breeding, behaviour and distribution of some birds in EcuadorNovel data on the breeding biology, behaviour and distribution of 48 taxa, including several species considered rare or globally/nationally threatened by Ridgely &amp; Greenfield (2001), Granizo et al. (2002) or BirdLife International (2004).Main accounts of: COMMON PIPING-GUAN Aburria pipile, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115116398967896615/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115116398967896615' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115116398967896615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115116398967896615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/06/breeding-notes-birds-ecuador.html' title='Breeding notes birds Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-115014446484754640</id><published>2006-06-12T15:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T00:15:00.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Eleutherodactylus from Amazonian Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:A new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Leptodactylidae) from the Western Amazon basin, with comments on the utility of canopy surveys in lowland rainforest Abstract. We describe a new species of Eleutherodactylus from the lowlands of the western Amazon Basin. The new species is referred to the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/115014446484754640/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=115014446484754640' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115014446484754640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/115014446484754640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/06/new-eleutherodactylus-from-amazonian.html' title='New Eleutherodactylus from Amazonian Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114833539954398920</id><published>2006-05-22T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-22T17:15:23.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Amphibians of the Machalilla National Park, province of Manabí, western Ecuador</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:Amphibians, Machalilla National Park, province of Manabí, western EcuadorAbstract. Fifteen species of amphibians are reported from the Machalilla National Park, located in coastal western Ecuador. Scinax quinquefasciatus, Trachycephalus venulosus, and Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus are reported from the area for the first time. Several amphibian species are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114833539954398920/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114833539954398920' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114833539954398920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114833539954398920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/05/amphibians-of-machalilla-national-park.html' title='Amphibians of the Machalilla National Park, province of Manabí, western Ecuador'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114442913754788953</id><published>2006-04-07T11:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T13:17:54.236-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Biblioteca En Linea CNAH (The Center for North American Herpetology)</title><summary type='text'>ACCESO GRATIS A PUBLICACIONES EN HERPETOLOGIABiblioteca En Linea del CNAH(The Center for North American Herpetology)The Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH) se complace en anunciar que hay 443 titulos de más de 50 revistas científicas disponibles para ser descargados gratis desde la Biblioteca En Linea del CNAH. La lista se puede buscar por autor, año, revista o tema. Los usuarios pueden </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114442913754788953/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114442913754788953' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114442913754788953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114442913754788953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/biblioteca-en-linea-cnah-center-for.html' title='Biblioteca En Linea CNAH (The Center for North American Herpetology)'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114439666959034932</id><published>2006-04-07T02:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T00:16:10.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Campaña conservacion Loro Orejiamarillo y la Palma de Ramos</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114439666959034932/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114439666959034932' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439666959034932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439666959034932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/campaa-conservacion-loro-orejiamarillo.html' title='Campaña conservacion Loro Orejiamarillo y la Palma de Ramos'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114439308905993714</id><published>2006-04-07T01:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T01:58:09.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AVES: distribution extensions, filling gaps, historical occurrence</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:AVES, Podilymbus podiceps, Ardea alba, Egretta thula, Nycticorax nycticorax, Ixobrychus exilis, Porzana carolina, Porphyrula martinica, Gallinula chloropus, Phalaropus tricolor, Vanellus resplendens: distribution extensions, filling gaps, historical occurrence.Cita / Citation:  Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. Aves, Podilymbus podiceps, Ardea alba, Egretta thula, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114439308905993714/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114439308905993714' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439308905993714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439308905993714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/aves-distribution-extensions-filling.html' title='AVES: distribution extensions, filling gaps, historical occurrence'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114439299277038441</id><published>2006-04-07T01:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T01:58:34.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AMPHIBIA, CENTROLENIDAE: range extensions and new country records</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:AMPHIBIA, CENTROLENIDAE, Centrolene ilex, Centrolene litorale, Centrolene medemi, Cochranella albomaculata, Cochranella ametarsia: range extensions and new country records.Cita / Citation: Guayasamin, J. M., D. F. Cisneros-Heredia, M. Yánez-Muñoz, M. Bustamante. Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene ilex, Centrolene litorale, Centrolene medemi, Cochranella </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114439299277038441/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114439299277038441' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439299277038441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439299277038441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/amphibia-centrolenidae-range.html' title='AMPHIBIA, CENTROLENIDAE: range extensions and new country records'/><author><name>Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108516701972049612674</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Tke1ZK_aTS8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8Wb2WcJl1s/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25579624.post-114439193669887690</id><published>2006-04-07T01:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T01:38:56.706-05:00</updated><title type='text'>THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE</title><summary type='text'>NUEVA PUBLICACION / NEW PUBLICATION:THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFECita / Citation: Frost, Darrel R., Grant, Taran, Faivovich, Julián, Bain, Raoul H., Raxworthy, Christopher J., &amp; Wheeler, Ward. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 297: 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices.Descargar / Download: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/feeds/114439193669887690/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25579624&amp;postID=114439193669887690' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439193669887690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25579624/posts/default/114439193669887690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://biodiversitynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/amphibian-tree-of-life.html' title='THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE'/><author><name>Diego F. 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